Cigar cutter and lighter.



W. J. CROWLEY CIGAR CUTTER AND LIGHTER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 14, 1908.

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Q/Vi hwooea W. J. CROWLEY.

CIGAR CUTTER AND LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.14, 190B.

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.To aZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. CROWLEY, a citizen of Great Britain,residing at Newnnro.

WILLIAM J. CROWLEY, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.-

CIGAR CUTTER AND LIGHTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed August 14, 1908. Serial No. 448,610.

buryport, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Cutters andLighters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements insmokers appliances, relating more particularly to device for use inretail cigar stores or similar places, and the object of the inventionis animproved device which may be conveniently operated to removethe tipof a cigar and is a so arranged to automatically and positively effectthe lighting of the same so that when the smoker removes the cigar fromthe device, the same is ready for immediate use,

said device being susceptible of use with cigars of different sizes andrequiring no particular effort or experience for operation.

With this and other objects in View as will appear more fully as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,combinations and arrangements of the parts that will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure '1 is a perspective view of a smokers appliance constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof,showing the parts in an operative position. Fig. 3 is a detail view onan enlarged scale, illustrating the means'for removing the tip of thecigar. Fig. 4 is a-horizontal section through the lower portion of themouth-piece.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of thedrawings by the samereference characters.

A smokers appliance embodying the improvements of my invention,preferably consists of a suitable stand 1 upon the bar 2 of which issecured a vertically disposed air,

cylinder 3 that is providedjat its upper end with a downwardlyandinwardly tapering or obconic mouth-piece 4 designed for the receptionof the pointed end of a cigar. This mouth piece is formed at its apexwith an opening 5 extending therethrough to establish communication withthe interior of the air cylinder, said opening being of suflicient sizeto permit the tip of the cigar that is to be removed, to protrude intothe cylinder, and the lower portion of the mouth piece being preferablyprovided with an annular packing strip 6 to form a tight joint for thecigar and permit air to be admitted to the cylinder through the cigaronly.

7 designates a vertically reciprocating piston which is mounted withinthe cylinder and is suitably packed therein and which is supported uponthe upper end of a piston rod 8. that projects downwardl through'thelower end of the cylinder an through the bar2 of the stand, said pistonbeing normally supported near the upper end of the cylinder in closeproximity to the mouth piece, by any 1 suitable means, such as a spiralspring 9 encircling the piston rod and interposed between the pistonand'the lower end of the cylinder, as shown. As one means for removingthe inwardly projecting tip of the cigar, I provide two resilient cutterbars 10 which are secured at one end to the piston near the middle ointthereof and which extend upwardly t erefrom in divergent relation withtheir other ends returned upon themselves in convergent relation, andconstituting the cutting blades 11. The last named .ends of the cutterbars are designed to be received in grooves 12 formed in the innersurface of the mouth piece and are spread apart by the latter so as tobe held in an inoperative position with their cutting edges normally inspaced relation on opposite sides of the tip of the cigar, as shown.

To the lower end of the piston rod 8 is rigidly secured a horizontallydisposed resser bar 13 which is arran ed beneath t e bar of the standand whic is preferably provided with one or more finger ieces 14, rods15 being rigidly secured to t e presser bar near the op osite endsthereof and. extending upwardly tiirough the bar of the stand and assingthrough vertically alining guiderackets 16 which are carried by asupporting framework 17 with which the device is preferably provided.These rods 15 are designed to act in conjunction with and control .alighting device in a manner to be hereinafter disclosed. Two of theguide-brackets 16 are secured to an ignition cylinder 18 so as tosupport the tinually burning gas which is secured to andsuspended fromthe upper cross bar 22 of the supporting framev ever, that when the workand is arranged for connection with any suitable source 'ofsupply, notshown; This jet is designed to be decreased when-the deviceis not in useand be increased during the operation of the same, and any suitablemeans may although in the present instance it is accomplished byproviding the pipe 21v at an intermediate point with a rotatable valve23. This valve is formed with an outstanding crank arm 24 which has anoperative connec tion with a horizontally disposed vertically movablecut-ofi' bar 25, expansion springs 26 being interposedbetween thelatterand an adjacent cross bar of the supporting framework andnormallyexerting a tension upon the cut-off bar to cause the same to tendtoassume a position to open the cut-0H valve and iincrease the jet. It isobvious, howdevice is not in use itis necessary for the sake'of economyto prevent the .valve 23 from being opened as above de-..

. scribed, andfor this purpose the cut-off bar to the i "the wirescreen.

places his hand upon the presser bar 13 or. j the finger-piecesM thereofand imparts to to the rods 15.

25 is formed at requisite intermediate pointswith contact buttons 27that are arranged to abut against the upper extremities of the rods15'so as to be sustained by the'latter in raised position against thetension of the s rings 26, the ends'of thisicut-offbar being s idinglymounted in vertically dispose guideways 28 carried by the supportingframework and being preferably square in cross section to prevent thepossible turning of the cut-ofi bar and the movement of the contactbuttons 27 out of operative relation Before describing the racticaloperation of my improved device, it is to be assumed that the parts arein their normal positions as just described, and that a cigar is applieddevice with its lower end received in the mouth-piece and itstip-protruding into the air cylinder, while theupper end of the cigar isintroduced in the lower portion of the ignition cylinder and sustained1n position by- The user of the device the former a quick downwardmovement which obviously causes the piston 7 to move downwardl in theair cylinder against the. tension of t e spiral spring 9 and such downinthe-form of a con be employed for this purpose,

ward movement of ward movement of the piston causes'a simi- 1 larmovement of the cutter bars 1(). As

these cutter bars move downwardly, they are obviously permitted; tomove" together by their spring action so asto cause the cutting 79blades 11 to come into contact and 'severthe tip of the cigar whichprojectsinto the air cylinder. "As the "piston continues to movedownwardly in the air cylinder, a vacuum is created in. the up erportion thereof so that when the tip of t e cigar is removed asucthesame, since, as before tion is applied to the cylinder described,air can only enter through the cigar, when the latter is in-posltion inthe device. The downward movement of the pressure bar also slides therods '15 downwardly and permits the cut-oif bar 25 to be moved by. theexpansion springs 26 to assume a position to open the valve 23 andincrease the gas jet, whereupon the cigar is instantaneously lighted bymeans of the suction which is applied to the smaller end thereof by theair. cylinder.

When thepressur'e bar is released it will be 1 evident that the partswill be returned tov their normal position'by means of'the spiral spring9 thatis arranged in the lower portion of the air cylinder.

Uponthe repeated operation of the deviceit will be seen that the tips ofthe cifgars will accumulate in the upper portion o the air cylinder, andunless these are removed there is-a liability of the sameclogging theparts and preventing the operation thereof. In

order to render possible the convenient removal of the tips, the uperportion 2g of the air'cylinder is preferabl from the rest of the sameand detachably secured-thereto in any suitable manneiyas by means ofscrewthreads or-the like.

yformed separate 'In the preferred construction of the ma chine the'pipe 21 1s tions that are secured togethenattheirjoin ing ends byanjoint so thatt e gas jet maybe readily removed from the ignitioncylinder and ployed tolight cigarettes or the like when desired and thenreturned to position.

Having thus described .the mvention, what is claimedas new is: i

1.In a smokers appliance, the combina-- tion of an air cylinder providedat its upper end with a downwardl'yand inwardly tapering therethrough topermit the tip at one end piston reciprocating in the cylinder andnormally supported in proximity t0 the mouth piece, spring cutterbars-secured to the piston and adapted to engagethe tip of 125 the cigarto sever t e same upon the downthe piston, said cutter bars beingnormally disposedion opposite sides of the mouth piece and being wedgedapart thereby so as to be sustained in an constructed in two secsuitable. flexible coupling or. j

mouth P e having an open ng extendof a cigar to project into thecylinder, a

tion of an ignition cylinder having a netting partition or screenextending transverselythereof, the portion of the cylinderupon one sideof the screen being arranged for the inoperative position, and alighting agent arranged in proximity to the other endof the clgar'. a 7

In a smokers appliance, the combination of an air cylinder through theupper end "of which the tip of a cigar is designed to proj ect, a pistonreciprocating in said cylinder,

and normally supported in proximity to said end thereof, means carriedby the piston' for engaging the tip to 'sever the same upon the downwardmovement of t e piston, ani'gnition cylinder supported above and invertical alinement with theair cylinder'and intocthe lower portion .ofwhich the other end ofthe cigar. is introduced, 'a'idownwardly s ringressed screen adapted to bear agains said ast named end of the cigar tosustain the. I same in position, and-a lightin agent introa duced in theupper portion 0- the ignition cylinder.-

3. -In a sinokers appliance, the combination of a'cylinde'r providedwith a tapering mouthpiece for the reception of the tip end of a cigar,a piston reciprocating in the cylinder,

tip-cutting means carriedby the piston and engaging the mouthpiece andnormally maintained an inoperative position thereby,, a lighting agent,and an operative connection between the piston and the lighting agent.

4. Ina smokers appliance, the combinareception of one end-of a cigar,and a lighting agent disposed within the ignition cylinder on theopposite side of the screen;

tion ofan ignition cy der, a wire netting partition or screen arrangedwithin, the igm 5. In a smokers aplp-lliance, the combinasever the sametion cylinder and springressed toward one end thereof, said end of t eignition cylinder within ofithe piston, a piston rod at one en of whichI the'piston is secured, a pressurebar secured to the other end ofthe'pis'ton, a rod secured to the pressure bar, a cut-oii bar springpressed against the-rod, and a lighting jet arranged in proximity to theother endof the ci g-a'. r -and provided with a controlling valve havinga crank arm' operatively connected with the cut-ofi bar, as and for thepurpose specified,

7. 1 In a smokers" appliance, the combination of a cy linder provided,with a mouthpiece iiorthe reception of the ti end of a cigar, apistonreciprocating in t e cylinder l d' ladapted upon'reciprocation tosever the tip of the cigar, means for operating the piston, a valvelighting jet disposed in prox-' imity to. the other end of the cigar, aspringpressed cut-off bar operatively connected to the valve of the jet,anda rod movable with said operating means and controllingfthe movementof the cut5ofi bar. 1

Witnesses:

EDWAB D ROWELL, BLANG EB. KIM ALL.

"WILL M J. CROWLEY. [11. s.]

- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 7 in presence of twowitnesses, I

